This is an analysis of the poem Stuck In A 'What? ' Zone that begins with:

High beamed like a deer,
Crossing a speeding road......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadefa gccgchib XXhXjdc cX ac X acekXi X il XX aahi X fihc XaXXlackiejfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,2,2,1,6,1,2,2,4,1,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100101 1110100 01101 1 00111 110100 01110111 11110 0010010 0101111 100111010010 10111100110 010001011010101 10110 111000101010 100111111 1000101 11111101 10011110 01101001110 0100010111 110110100110 11100110 10111011000 111100100111 101111011111 1101001110100 11 11010011110 10010 1110110101 01000010111 1001101 11110110 1111100111 11111000 1 110001 111111011 1111 111101010111 10100001010101 10011 10101101 101010101101 10100110111 111101101111 1 1101 1111 1101101110 1 110111 11101 00 0101100111 1111101100010 1011010 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, to, and, they, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase visions connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Stuck In A 'What? ' Zone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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